09
May

BHP Billiton EKATI Diamond Mine and Skills Canada NWT announce a 5-year, $300,000 partnership

BHP Billiton and Skills Canada Northwest Territories (NWT) are celebrating a new 5-year partnership that will see EKATI’s continued focus on the trades strengthened by a $300,000 investment.

“Today’s announcement means that Skills Canada NWT will be able to put even a greater focus on the quality of the programming currently offered,” says Jan Fullerton, Executive Director for Skills Canada NWT. “We’ve enjoyed a long-standing partnership with EKATI since 2002 and are excited to continue to build that partnership.”

Since it started in 1999, Skills Canada NWT has been offering skilled trades and technology competitions at the territorial level as well as other awareness programs for thousands of young northerners.

“Trades and technology professions are critical to the resources industry that is a pillar of the economy of the Northwest Territories,” says Paul Cuthbert, General Manager at EKATI Diamond Mine. “Students participating in programs offered by Skills Canada NWT and in the upcoming Skills Competition will gain practical experience that can’t be achieved in the classroom and will help propel their careers.”

For more information on Skills Canada NWT, visit www.skillscanadanwt.org

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25
Apr

First Nations partner with U of S, U of R, FNUniv researchers for $1.5 million respiratory health initiative

Saskatchewan First Nations communities may soon breathe easier thanks to knowledge created by researchers from the University of Saskatchewan, University of Regina, and First Nations University of Canada, in partnership with the communities of Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation, and Montreal Lake Cree Nation.

The research partners were recently awarded more than $1.5 million over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (CIHR IAPH) to conduct baseline evaluations, intervention activities, and prospective evaluations of respiratory health in First Nations children and adults.

 
“There are many factors that contribute to poor respiratory health in First Nations communities, such as housing conditions,” says U of S researcher Jim Dosman, who co-leads the research team. “The knowledge we create together will help us focus our resources and target our efforts to help communities improve the health of their people.” (more…)

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